Apocalypto Moview

Mel Gibson's Apocalypto is released today. 
As I was reading its reviews at various websites, I decided to write about it. 
I watched Apocalypto about a week ago during a special screening of the movie at our university. This is the movie that shook me well for a week.

The movie has got mixed reviews from various important websites. Some of the reviews are downright mean, the reviewers decided to just use the movie to  talk about Mel Gibson's drinking habits and racial ideologies. Other reviews have
talked about the good things of the movie that I will talk now.

Basically, Apocalypto is a very simple movie. In fact, the story is so simple that
considering Mel Gibson's standards, I would say that the movie has no story at all. 
But I do not mean it in a negative way. And during the whole movie, one always keeps wondering what will happen next.

What hits you in the movie as you see it is its brutal honesty. 
The director shows every gruesome act of the civilization in minute details. 
Suddenly, one is taken into their completely different world and one starts living their lives. This out of world experience is amazingly refreshing. Apocalypto is a step further
than any action movie ever created and this movie will set the benchmark for the new movies to come. 
Mel Gibson has broken his own benchmark that he created in Passion of the Christ.

The Apocalypto movie also has a simple message. A civilization blinded by violence and insanity is just waiting for its own destruction.
There is one negative aspect of such movies though. They show large amount of violence themselves. As quoted in one of the reviews of the movie about its message, "Mel Gibson's movie is not a solution, but a part of the problem itself". Next generation of movie makers have to show more and more violence to shock the audiences. 

However, I think that this trend of violence in the movies is not a bad thing. As one sees more violence in movies, he/she becomes more soft in real life. This is however true provided one does not see these movies to such an extent that his/her reality is merged with those movies. Everyone has an animal instinct for violence.
So, if this instinct is satisfied by watching movies, it will not manifest itself in real life. 

Oh! How do you like my new word - Moview - which stands for movie review?